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Record Nr.

UNINA9910770274603321

Autore

Zou Xiaolong

Titolo

Urban Sustainable Development in East Asia : Understanding and Evaluating Urban Sustainable Trends in China and Japan / / by Xiaolong Zou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9789819970155

9819970156

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages)

Collana

Urban Sustainability, , 2731-6491

Disciplina

307.14160951

Soggetti

Sustainability

Human geography

Urban ecology (Biology)

Human Geography

Urban Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Review of literature -- Eco-city development in china: international perspective and comparison -- Low-carbon city development in china: lessons and references from other countires -- Understanding smart-city developments: a new framework and its application in japan -- New evaluation approach for sustainable cities: from smart city concept to indicator weighting -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers careful glimpse from the lenses of selected case studies of major counties in East Asia, namely China and Japan to obtain insights as well as lessons regarding their perspective sustainable cities development. Urban sustainability is the pillar domain for achieving overall sustainability. East Asia has the world most populous countries and cities; therefore, it is of great importance to understand, analyze, and assess the sustainable urban development trends and paradigms in an East Asia setting so as to better guide the future development of sustainable cities in the region. The outcomes of this book are policy-relevant consultations to key stakeholders from various walks of sustainability studies.